Grade 6- Word Recognition and Comprehension

Read the pair of homophones from the passage below. Then select the correct word that should there.

He was considered a ‘slave lover’, but to some he was a (1) _________ (night/knight). One (2) _________ (night/knight), he (3) _________ (herd/heard) a soft (4) _________(grown/groan) outside the opening that was (5) _________ (wants/ once) a window. He did not want to awaken his (6) ________ (too/two) ‘visitors’ resting in the corner, (7)_________ (so/see) he crept down the (8)_______ (stairs/stares) of the building that was (9)_______ (wants/once) a church. He stepped in the warm (10)______ (ear/air) to (11)________(meet/meat) the unknown. His (12)_______ (bare/ bear), cracked (13)_______ (feat/feet) sank in the loose soil as the long (14) _________ (flower/flour) watched without interest.

His (15) ______ (hole/whole) body shook in disbelief at the (16) _________ (seen/scene) in front of him. He immediately realized that he was (17) ______ (waist/waste) deep in trouble. “Oh my God, will they now try to (18) ______ (sell/cell) me too, he uttered to no one in particular. He stood in shock and did not (19) ______ (hear/ hair) the bullet that pierced his side.

Select your answer for each number from 1- 19, separately.

what is the answer for number (1)?

• knight

• night

What should be at number (2).

• night

• knight

What is number (3).

• herd

• heard

What should be at number (4)?

• grown

• groan

Select the answer for number (5).

• wants

• once

Select the answer for number (6).

• too

• two

Select the answer for number (7).

• so

• sew

Select the answer for number (8).

• stares

• stairs

Select the answer for number (9).

• once

• wants

Select the answer for number (10).

• ear

• air